Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 176 › Conversation 176-006
Nixon, Cox & Camp David Operator on Republican National Convention
Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 6:25 PM–6:26 PM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 16 sec
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On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:25 pm to 6:26 pm. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 176-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 176-6
Date: August 17, 1972
Time: 6:25 pm - 6:26 pm
Location: Camp David Study Desk
The Camp David operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 203-30]
Tricia Nixon Cox
Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President between 6:25 pm and 6:26 pm.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/08/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal returnable]
[176-006-w001]
[Duration: 34s]
Advice on the President’s Republican Party acceptance speech
-Edward R. F. Cox
-Linguistic suggestion
-We/They
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Also recorded on August 17, 1972
- 176-004 6:08 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:08 pm to 6:13 pm.
- 203-026 6:08 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:08 pm to 6:13 pm.
- 203-027 6:13 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:18 pm.
- 176-005 6:18 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, Manolo Sanchez, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:18 pm to 6:23 pm.
- 203-028 6:18 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:18 pm to 6:23 pm.
- 203-029 6:23 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:23 pm and 6:25 pm.
- 203-030 6:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:25 pm to 6:26 pm.
- 204-001 6:26 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 7:35 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 176-006, August 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417174909). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/176-006 (accessed November 6, 2026).